Moisei Uritsky

Moisei Solomonovich Uritsky (14 January 1873-17 August 1918) was the chief of the Cheka in the Petrograd Soviet from 10 March to 17 August 1918.

Biography
Moisei Solomonovich Uritsky was born in Cherkasy, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire (now in Ukraine) to a Jewish family, and he became a teacher. He joined the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party while studying law at the University of Kiev, and he joined the Mensheviks in 1903. In 1914, he emigrated to France after being exiled due to his role in the 1905 Russian Revolution, and he would return to Russia after the 1917 Russian Revolution. Uritsky became the chief of the Cheka in the Petrograd Soviet, and he was assassinated by soldier Leonid Kannegisser on 17 August 1918 in revenge for the execution of one of his friends.